Sharpeville massacre

When

21 Mar 1960

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

69

Coordinates

26.69° S, 27.87° E

Description

shooting by police on 21 March 1960 in Sharpeville, South Africa

1960 South African Police killing of protestors

The Sharpeville massacre occurred on 21 March 1960, when police opened fire on a crowd of people who had assembled outside the police station in the township of Sharpeville in the then Transvaal Province of the then Union of South Africa to protest against the apartheid system and its pass laws.

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• Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Sharpeville massacre in South Africa results in more than 69 black protesters shot dead by police, 300 injured”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Im südafrikanischen Township Sharpeville werden 69 Schwarze bei einer Demonstration erschossen (Sharpeville-Massaker)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “émeutes et massacre de Sharpeville, près de Johannesburg en Afrique du Sud”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “расстрел демонстрации в Шарпевиле (ЮАС)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “مذبحة شاربفيل في جنوب أفريقيا”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page